Fewer than 100 people evacuated in Khartoum operation involving US special forces and aircraft
Forces commanded by two previously allied leaders of Sudan’s ruling council began a violent power struggle last weekend.
US forces spent just an hour on the ground in Sudan before taking off again, entering and exiting Sudan without being fired upon by the warring factions on the ground, the military said. A spokesman for the department said more than 100 Irish citizens in Sudan had registered with the relevant Irish embassy and every effort was beingOn Saturday, the Sudanese army said it was co-ordinating efforts to take diplomats from the UK, the US, China and France out of the country on military planes, as fighting persists in the capital including at its main airport.
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